Dutch Biophysics 2017, on October 2nd and 3rd in de Koningshof Veldhoven, was again a great success. At this conference, co-organized by FOM, ALW, the Netherlands Society for Microscopy and the Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (BIOPM), it was a well-attended conference with biophysicists, biologists and biomedical engineers gathered and discussing their latest research, in plenary lectures and parallel sessions.
BIOPM sponsored two key prizes: the poster prize and the annual thesis prize.
The Thesis Prize for the best PhD thesis in Biophysics or Biomedical Engineering 2017 was awarded to Ineke Brouwer for her thesis “Probing biological interactions one molecule at a time – An optical tweezers analysis of protein-mediated membrane fusion and DNA repair”. She defended her thesis successfully at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on September 19, 2016.
Thesis award winner 2017: Ineke Brouwer [Photo: NWO-BioPhysics_2017]
The Poster Prizes for the best posters at the conference were awarded to:
By a jury consisting of Lene Oddershede (Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen), Timon Idema (Delft University of Technology and Iddo Heller (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and a preselection committee (Federica Burla, Kathy Chaurasiya, Tjeerd Pols, Ruddi Rodriguez Garcia, Steven Roeters, Mariska van Rosmalen, and Wilco Zuidema).
Congratulations to the prize winners!
Poster award winners 2017: Roderick Tas (left), Anna Meijering (2nd from left) and Ewa Spies (3rd from left)
NWO Biophysics with joined BIOPM meeting 2023
Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 October 2023
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND REGISTRATION
The next annual two-day conference of NWO BioPhysics takes place on
Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 October 2023.
NWO Biophysics is organised and sponsored by NWO Domain Science (ENW), in co-operation with the Netherlands Society for Microscopy, the Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Technology, and the Dutch Society of Cell Biology.
Abstract submission and selection
The deadlines for the submission of abstracts wil be announced on the home page.
Dutch Biophysics 2016, on October 3rd and 4th in de Koningshof Veldhoven, was a great success. At this conference, co-organized by FOM, ALW, the Netherlands Society for Microscopy and the Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (BIOPM), about 500 biophysicists, biologists and biomedical engineers gathered and discussed their latest research, in plenary lectures and parallel sessions.
BIOPM sponsored two key prizes: the poster prize and the annual thesis prize.
The Thesis Prize for the best PhD thesis in Biophysics or Biomedical Engineering 2016 was awarded to Gerrit Sitters, for his thesis "Probing the Blueprint of Life: the development and application of novel single-molecule methods". Gerrits successfully defended his thesis at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, December 3rd 2015.
The Poster Prizesfor the best posters at the conference were awarded to:
DutchBiophysics with joined BIOPM meeting 2021
Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 October 2021
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Would you like to contribute to DutchBiophysics 2021? You can do so by giving an oral or poster presentation about your research progress. The call for abstracts is now open, do not hesitate to submit your abstract!
The session of BIOPM is: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
You can submit your abstract for a poster or oral presentation via the website (heading Abstracts). Subsequently, the Scientific Programme Committee selects the abstracts. In August, the selected authors will receive an invitation. If your abstract is not selected for an oral presentation, we will invite you for a poster presentation. The three best posters will be awarded a poster prize sponsored by the Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Technology.
Please note that you have to register for the congress independently from your abstract submission. Registration for DutchBiophysics opens in June and will close 7 September 2021, 14.00 hours CE(S)T.
DutchBiophysics takes place on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 October 2021 and is organised and sponsored by NWO Domain Science (ENW) in co-operation with the Netherlands Society for Microscopy, the Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Technology, and the Dutch Society of Cell Biology.
We aim to gather Dutch researchers working in the biophysics field. To do so in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the conference might change in line with measures taken by the government in the coming months. Whether it will be digital or live, the organisation will do its utmost to present to you an exciting programme with plenary sessions with invited presentations by (inter)national speakers, poster sessions and parallel sessions with oral presentations.
So, mark 11 and 12 October 2021 in your calendar and visit DutchBioPhysics website for more information and to submit your abstract.
Background
The thesis award is granted each year for the best PhD thesis in the area of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering.
Award
The award consists of a certificate and a prize of €2023 to be spent at the laureate's wish.
Judgment
The research will be judged on the basis of:
Candidacy
Candidates have obtained their PhD degree at a Dutch university, on research in the area of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. The PhD ceremony must be between August 1, 2022, and August 1, 2023. The candidate, or his (co)–promotor, must be a member of the Society. The candidate is willing to present his/her work at the Dutch Biophysics on October 9 and 10, 2023. See the conference website for an impression:
https://www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/events/dutchbiophysics
A submission consists of a link to a pdf version of the thesis, to be sent by e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
In addition, the candidate must submit a motivation letter of at most 1 A4, describing why his/her work is important, and why it deserves this award. The list of candidates will not be made public.
Jury
The jury will be appointed by the board of the Society.
Time schedule
Candidates must submit their thesis before July 10, 2023. The winner will be notified before September 5th, 2023.
The award ceremony is planned to take place at the Dutch Biophysics conference, Veldhoven, NL, on Monday October 10th, 2023.